ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Carmelo Pacheco hit 5 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with 17 points, Riley Kugel scored 16 and UCF never trailed Tuesday night as the Knights beat Florida A&M 97-60.

Kugel was 6-of-10 shooting, 3 of 3 from behind the arc. George Beale Jr. had 10 points for UCF (2-1) and Themus Fulks added six points, six rebounds and six assists.

Six different UCF players scored in a 17-1 run, which included back-to-back 3-pointers by Jamichael Stillwell and Kugel, that made it 19-3 just more than seven minutes into the game as the Rattlers missed nine consecutive field-goal attempts.

UCF, which lost 100% of its scoring from last season and is one of five (Baylor, Miami, Indiana and West Virginia) Power Four teams without any returning scoring, shot 55% (36 of 66) and made 13

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